Rotary carrier and elevator.



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R 1. J. BALL. ROTARY CARRIER AND ELEVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY31. 1905.

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ROTARY. CARRIER AND ELEVATOR.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

' Application filed May 31,1905. Serial No. 263,131.

To It whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IRVING J. BALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brock, in the county of Nemaha and State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and use ful Improvements in 'Rotary Carriers andElevators, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the'accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in rotary elevators and carrierswhich, though susce tible of various uses, are primarily designe forutilization in connection with corn gathering and husking machinessuchas disclosed in my copendingapplication, Serial No. 228, 540, and ingeneral particulars the present deviceis the same as that originally setforth and claimed in said application and which claims will behereinafter submitted.

The desirablecharacteristics of a device made in accordance with thepresent invention will appear u on an inspection of the detaileddescription ereinafter contained when read in connection with the accomanying drawings, forming part hereof, and w erein a convenientembodiment of the invention is illustrated.

In the drawings, Figure Us a vertical sectional view of the rotaryelevator and carrier, the same being shown as associated with suchfragmentary portions of the corn gathering and husking machine as arenecessary to a complete understanding of the urposes for which saidelevator and carrier as been devised. Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation.Fig. 3 is a detail perspective, and Fig. 4 a bottom view.

Referring more specificallyto the draw,- ings, wherein like reference"characters refer to corresponding parts in the several views, and itbeing borne in mind that the rotary elevator and carrier is adaptedespecially for use in a machine wherein ears of corn are cut I cutdownwardly toward the ground and alining or straightening them forpresentation to the guide-fingers Oat the rear of the machine. It willbe noted that these ways are continually maintained without interferingwith the rotary movement of the elevator and carrier, also that anydesired numberof said ways may be provided in keeping with the principleinvolved to adapt the machine to any particular use or capacity.

The guide-fingers 0 above referred to are arranged so that the spacestherebetween detached ear is in position for the succeedingmanipulation, as will now appear. V

It is to be noted that as the machine travels in a forward direction andthe ears are engaged by the guide-fingers O the separation of said earsfrom their stalks is strongly resisted by reason of the stalks holdingfast to the ground, so that when the ears are cut from the stalk by thecutter-bar R they project forwardly at substantially right angles to thecutter-bar in position to have their pointed end caught by some of theteeth a, disposed around the periphery of the rotary carrier N. Thiseffects a reversal of the separated ears endwise, whereby they arecarried through the machine point first. The ears being carried in anupward direction by the carrier and elevator N, as indicated by thearrow, Fig. 1, the same are engaged by a toothed roller S, rotating inthe direction of the arrow, same figure, whereby the ears are elevatedor pushed upwardly into the space between the rotary husking devices Tand the carrier N. This pushing-roll has several flanges s in line withthe flanges M on the carrier N, whereby the proper alinement of the earsis maintained. At this point the outer half or face of the ear ishusked. The cars having now been stripped of the husks on one sidethereof are carried upwardly and around the top of the machine by therotary elevator and carrier N until they approach the huskinginstrumentalities for the opposite sides of the ears mounted at theforward end of the machine, said ears having in the meantime been heldin place upon the teeth of the carrier by freely mounted gravitypressure-rolls X, the shafts w of which work in slots so in arched sidemembers as of the frame of the machine. It is unnecessary to herein setforth the special operation of the second husking devices, it beingsuflicient to state that they are represented at Y and are designed toremove the husks from the opposite sides or halves of the ears whichremain after the first husking operation.

Any convenient means may be provided for properly rotating the elevatorand carrier, in this instance the sprocket-wheel 10, driven from anysuitable source of power through the medium of a sprocket-chain 9, beingshown.

The form of the elevator and carrier is that approximating a hexagon,the fiat surfaces of which permit the corn carried thereby to lie flatthereon; but it is obvious that any-shaped carrier found practicable-forexample, one having a greater or less number of sidesmay be substitutedfor that disclosed.

Another feature of importance not heretofore observed is the dispositionof the teeth n on the periphery of the rotary carrier N. In Fig. 4 itwill be seen that these teeth are arranged in pairs disposed atdifferent distances apart, but the teeth of each pair being soseparated'that they will not engage the center or thickest portion ofthe ears, but rather at points at the sides thereof, which will give afirm hold on the husks and enable their ready removal without otherwisedamaging the corn.

Bolted to the spokes or heads at the ends of the elevator and carrierand immediately underlying the bars to which the teeth 11. are secured,whereby to peripherally inclose the whole of the interior chamber of theelevatorand carrier, is a continuous apron or plate V, adapted tocollect any shelled corn which may be shattered from the ears during therotation of the carrier and discharge the same into a box W, placed at apoint beneath and substantially tangentially of the forward portion ofthe carrier. This apron also serves the additional function of firmlybracing or tying together the heads or ends of the carrier, as isobvious.

It is to be understood that the invention is susceptible of embodimentsother than that disclosed herein.

, Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, anddesired to be secured. by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described, comprising a rotary carrier forears of corn having a periphery forming substantially fiat surfaces onwhich the ears may rest and provided with a series of pairs of shortsharppointed teeth around said periphery, the teeth of each pair beingarranged side by side and separated to bite into the husks at the sidesof the ears to hold said ears in a predetermined position on thecarrier.

2. A device of the character described comprising a rotary carrierhaving a plurality of pairs of teeth disposed around its periphery, theteeth of each series being arranged side by side axially of the carrierand separated to bite into the husks at the sides of the ears and tohold said ears in a predetermined position on the carrier, andself-adjustable means arranged in substantially the same are as theupper run of the carrier and thereabove for preventing disengagement ofthe cars from the teeth.

3. A device of the character described comprising a rotary carrierhaving a plurality of pairs of teeth disposed around its periphery, theteeth of each series being arranged side by side axially of the carrierand separated to bite into the husks at the sides of the ears and tohold said ears in a predetermined position on the carrier, andself-adjustable means arranged in substantially the same are as theupper run of the carrier and thereabove for preventing disengagement ofthe ears from the teeth.

4. In a machine of the character described, a carrier provided withteeth for engaging the ears, and gravity-rolls for preventingdisengagement of the cars from said teeth.

5. In a machine of the character described, a carrier provided withteeth for engaging the ears, and a series of rolls arranged transverselyof the carrier with their axes at right angles to the direction ofmovement of the carrier for preventing displacement of the ears fromtheir initial position of engagement by said teeth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IRVING J. BALL.

Witnesses:

W. E. TRAVIS, S. VANDEvoRT.

